Around the World Via a Day's Worth of Food

[Lucinda]

Really interesting 16 count photo essay of people around the world and what they ate on the specific day:

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2037749_2219823,00.html

[pengillian101]

1. Really interesting 16 count photo essay of people around the world and what they ate on the speci

Really interesting 16 count photo essay of people around the world and what they ate on the specific day:

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2037749_2219823,00.html

Thanks so much for posting that.

[Lucinda]

2. You are very welcome!

It was fascinating to me..But i'm geeky that way. :P

[pengillian101]

3. Really interesting 16 count photo essay of people around the world and what they ate on the spe

This pic really touched me.

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2037749_2219823,00.html

[Lucinda]

4. I went to the main website and saw a shot of her in a grocery store

http://www.menzelphoto.com/stories/fullstory.php?folder=MCChinaWIE

It was so odd after the other shot. It made me really want to know her story.

[pengillian101]

12. That was really weird.

What a contrast.

[Warpy]

8. That's fascinating. While the African woman's diet was wretched

in the sameness of sour milk and cornmeal mush, it obviously supplies her with adequate calories and nutrition (with native fruits and/or veg) to keep her weight and energy up.

The fat guy's diet was excellent.

The thinner mall worker had the only wretchedly bad diet in the bunch. She's not going to stay thin for much longer eating that kind of shite.

A lot of the ethnic diets made me drool.

[pengillian101]

9. She's not going to stay thin for much longer eating that kind of shite.

No kidding!

(The only thing is, being that it's winter in MN, most all of us Minnesotans put a cold-weather survival layer of fat on in the winter.) :-)

Edit - delete photo.

Reason for edit - copyright - this is for sale in book form.

[Lucinda]

10. Made me sad when I read she ate that way because of economics

It was cheaper to eat fast food, and she used to bring a healthy lunch when she had more hours :(

[trud]

5. I'm astonished

at how many calories the healthy-weight people in that group are taking in. It makes me think the U.S.'s obesity problem is not overeating and not junk food, but the very sedentary lifestyle.

[hippywife]

6. It is that, but also look at the kinds of foods they ate...

all fresh, whole foods nothing pre-processed with artificial, unpronounceable ingredients. That makes a big difference, too.

[Lucinda]

7. Yep...and I agree with what hippywife says too

Activity and the type of food consumed matter...Thought it was fascinating. I'd love to see the whole book...I think it is 80 stories.

[pengillian101]

11. I agree!

"at how many calories the healthy-weight people in that group are taking in. It makes me think the U.S.'s obesity problem is not overeating and not junk food, but the very sedentary lifestyle."

How true.

Especially in the winter I put on 20 pounds, because of just sitting around. Come new year's resolutions, I'm going to get back to an exercise program. I am such a slug. :-(

Hope you are well. What'cha doing for the holiday season? We are having a seafood feast - just the two of us. Lobster (tails only!) humongous shrimp (12-15 count per pound) and crab claws.

Of course, everything is frozen. The crab claws are cooked, the other two are raw frozen. So, I'm thinking how to cook, so everything is done at the same time. Any ideas? Lobstergram has a great-sounding video to bake the tails.

http://www.livelob.com/Store/Product.aspx?ID=LOBSTERTAILS

Any thoughts? :hi:

[pengillian101]

13. PS - I'm thinking of a chowder, bisque or like that...

for the leftovers. Recipes, anyone?

I neglected to say we don't do gifts anymore but share our money at the local Foodshelf. The most local one for some reason just quit. Next town over gets our donations.

This seafood is just a private treat for the two of us.